Lise Bech Christensen

Lise Bech Christensen

Associate Professor


  1. 2018
  2. Published

    Unidentified quasars among stationary objects from Gaia DR2

    Heintz, Kasper Elm, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Høg, Erik, Moller, P., Krogager, J., Geier, S., Jakobsson, P. & Christensen, Lise Bech, 19 Jul 2018, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 615, 9 p., L8.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Massive, Absorption-selected Galaxies at Intermediate Redshifts

    Kanekar, N., Prochaska, J. X., Christensen, Lise Bech, Rhodin, N. H. P., Neeleman, M., Zwaan, M. A., Moller, P., Dessauges-Zavadsky, M., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall & Zafar, T., 1 Apr 2018, In: Astrophysics Journal Letters. 856, 2, 6 p., L23-L29.

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  4. Published

    Extreme magnification of an individual star at redshift 1.5 by a galaxy-cluster lens

    Kelly, P. L., Diego, J. M., Rodney, S., Kaiser, N., Broadhurst, T., Zitrin, A., Treu, T., Perez-Gonzalez, P. G., Morishita, T., Jauzac, M., Selsing, J., Oguri, M., Pueyo, L., Ross, T. W., Filippenko, A. V., Smith, N., Hjorth, J., Cenko, S. B., Wang, X., Howell, D. A. & 25 others, Richard, J., Frye, B. L., Jha, S. W., Foley, R. J., Norman, C., Bradac, M., Zheng, W., Brammer, G., Benito, A. M., Cava, A., Christensen, Lise Bech, de Mink, S. E., Graur, O., Grillo, C., Kawamata, R., Kneib, J., Matheson, T., McCully, C., Nonino, M., Perez-Fournon, I., Riess, A. G., Rosati, P., Schmidt, K. B., Sharon, K. & Weiner, B. J., Apr 2018, In: Nature Astronomy. 2, 4, p. 334-342

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  5. Published

    Discovery of a z= 7.452 High Equivalent Width Lyα Emitter from the Hubble Space Telescope Faint Infrared Grism Survey

    Larson, R. L., Finkelstein, S. L., Pirzkal, N., Ryan, R., Tilvi, V., Malhotra, S., Rhoads, J., Finkelstein, K., Jung, I., Christensen, L., Cimatti, A., Ferreras, I., Grogin, N., Koekemoer, A. M., Hathi, N., O'Connell, R., Östlin, G., Pasquali, A., Pharo, J., Rothberg, B. & 2 others, Windhorst, R. ~. & Team, T. F., 1 May 2018, In: Astrophysical Journal. 858, 2, 10 p., 94.

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  6. Published

    ALMA plus VLT observations of a damped Lyman-$ absorbing galaxy: massive, wide CO emission, gas-rich but with very low SFR

    Møller, P., Christensen, Lise Bech, Zwaan, M. ~., Kanekar, N., Prochaska, J. ~., Rhodin, N. H., Dessauges-Zavadsky, M., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Neeleman, M. & Zafar, T., 1 Mar 2018, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 474, p. 4039-4055 17 p.

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  7. Published

    Molecular Emission from a Galaxy Associated with a z sim 2.2 Damped Ly$ Absorber

    Neeleman, M., Kanekar, N., Prochaska, J. ~., Christensen, Lise Bech, Dessauges-Zavadsky, M., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Møller, P. & Zwaan, M. ~., 20 Mar 2018, In: Astrophysics Journal Letters. 856, 1, p. L12-L18 6 p.

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  8. Published

    Testing strong line metallicity diagnostics at z similar to 2

    Patricio, V., Christensen, Lise Bech, Rhodin, H., Canameras, R. & Lara-Lopez, M. A., 11 Dec 2018, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 481, 3, p. 3520-3533 14 p.

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  9. Published

    Hunting for metals using XQ-100 Legacy Survey composite spectra

    Perrotta, S., D'Odorico, V., Hamann, F., Cristiani, S., Prochaska, J. X., Ellison, S. L., Lopez, S., Cupani, G., Becker, G., Berg, T. A. M., Christensen, Lise Bech, Denney, K. D. & Worseck, G., Nov 2018, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 481, 1, p. 105-121 17 p.

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  10. Published

    Spectrophotometric Redshifts in the Faint Infrared Grism Survey: Finding Overdensities of Faint Galaxies

    Pharo, J., Malhotra, S., Rhoads, J., Ryan, R., Tilvi, V., Pirzkal, N., Finkelstein, S., Windhorst, R., Grogin, N., Koekemoer, A., Zheng, Z., Hathi, N., Kim, K., Joshi, B., Yang, H., Christensen, L., Cimatti, A., Gardner, J. P., Zakamska, N., Ferreras, I. & 2 others, Hibon, P. & Pasquali, A., 1 Apr 2018, In: Astrophysical Journal. 856, 2, 17 p., 116.

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  11. Published

    A Two-dimensional Spectroscopic Study of Emission-line Galaxies in the Faint Infrared Grism Survey (FIGS). I. Detection Method and Catalog

    Pirzkal, N., Rothberg, B., Ryan, R. E., Malhotra, S., Rhoads, J., Grogin, N., Curtis-Lake, E., Chevallard, J., Charlot, S., Finkelstein, S. L., Koekemoer, A. M., Ghavamian, P., Rodrigues, M., Hammer, F., Puech, M., Larson, R. L., Christensen, L., Cimatti, A., Ferreras, I., Gardner, J. P. & 14 others, Gronwall, C., Hathi, N. P., Joshi, B., Kuntschner, H., Meurer, G. R., O'Connell, R. W., Oestlin, G., Pasquali, A., Pharo, J., Straughn, A. N., Walsh, J. R., Watson, Darach Jafar, Windhorst, R. A. & Zakamska, N. L., 20 Nov 2018, In: Astrophysical Journal. 868, 1, 14 p., 61.

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  12. Published

    Stellar masses, metallicity gradients, and suppressed star formation revealed in a new sample of absorption selected galaxies

    Rhodin, N. H. P., Christensen, Lise Bech, Moller, P., Zafar, T. & Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, 24 Oct 2018, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 618, 20 p., A129.

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  13. Published

    Cosmic evolution and metal aversion in superluminous supernova host galaxies

    Schulze, S., Kruehler, T., Leloudas, G., Gorosabel, J., Mehner, A., Buchner, J., Kim, S., Ibar, E., Amorin, R., Herrero-Illana, R., Anderson, J. P., Bauer, F. E., Christensen, L., de Pasquale, M., de Ugarte Postigo, A., Gallazzi, A., Hjorth, J., Morrell, N., Malesani, D., Sparre, M. & 4 others, Stalder, B., Stark, A. A., Thone, C. C. & Wheeler, J. C., 1 Jan 2018, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 473, 1, p. 1258-1285

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  14. Published

    Dwarf galaxies as hosts of stellar explosions: gas kinematics and abundances in 3D

    Thöne, C. C., Izzo, L., Flores, H., Vergani, S. & Christensen, Lise Bech, 2018, Why Galaxies Care About AGB Stars : A Continuing Challenge through Cosmic Tim: IAU Symposium 343, 20-23 August 2018, Vienna, Austria. Cambridge University Press, p. 224-227 (Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, Vol. 14).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Infrared molecular hydrogen lines in GRB host galaxies

    Wiersema, K., Togi, A., Watson, Darach Jafar, Christensen, Lise Bech, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Gompertz, B. P., Higgins, A. B., Levan, A. J., Oates, S. R., Schulze, S., Smith, J. D. T., Stanway, E. R., Starling, R. L. C., Steeghs, D. & Tanvir, N. R., 21 Nov 2018, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 481, 1, p. 1126-1132 7 p.

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  16. Published

    The 2175 angstrom Extinction Feature in the Optical Afterglow Spectrum of GRB 180325A at z =. 2.25

    Zafar, T., Heintz, K. E., Fynbo, J. P. U., Malesani, D., Bolmer, J., Ledoux, C., Arabsalmani, M., Kaper, L., Campana, S., Starling, R. L. C., Selsing, J., Kann, D. A., de Ugarte Postigo, A., Schweyer, T., Christensen, L., Moller, P., Japelj, J., Perley, D., Tanvir, N. R., D'Avanzo, P. & 9 others, Hartmann, D. H., Hjorth, Jens, Covino, S., Sbarufatti, B., Jakobsson, P., Izzo, L., Salvaterra, R., D'Elia, V. & Xu, D., 20 Jun 2018, In: Astrophysics Journal Letters. 860, 2, 7 p., L21.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. 2019
  18. Published

    The host galaxy of GRB 980425/SN1998bw: a collisional ring galaxy

    Arabsalmani, M., Roychowdhury, S., Starkenburg, T. K., Christensen, Lise Bech, Le Floc'h, E., Kanekar, N., Bournaud, F., Zwaan, M. A., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Moller, P. & Pian, E., Jun 2019, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 485, 4, p. 5411-5422 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    The Evolution of OI over 3.2 < z < 6.5: Reionization of the Circumgalactic Medium

    Becker, G. D., Pettini, M., Rafelski, M., D'Odorico, V., Boera, E., Christensen, Lise Bech, Cupani, G., Ellison, S. L., Farina, E. P., Fumagalli, M., Lopez, S., Neeleman, M., Ryan-Weber, E. V. & Worseck, G., 1 Oct 2019, In: Astrophysical Journal. 883, 2, 37 p., 163.

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  20. Published

    Sub-damped Lyman alpha systems in the XQ-100 survey - I. Identification and contribution to the cosmological H I budget

    Berg, T. A. M., Ellison, S. L., Sanchez-Ramirez, R., Lopez, S., D'Odorico, V., Becker, G. D., Christensen, Lise Bech, Cupani, G., Denney, K. D. & Worseck, G., 1 Sep 2019, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 488, 3, p. 4356-4369 14 p.

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  21. Published

    Exploring galaxy dark matter haloes across redshifts with strong quasar absorbers

    Christensen, Lise Bech, Moller, P., Rhodin, N. H. P., Heintz, Kasper Elm & Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, 2 Oct 2019, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 489, 2, p. 2270-2279 10 p.

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  22. Published

    RELICS: Reionization Lensing Cluster Survey

    Coe, D., Salmon, B., Bradac, M., Bradley, L. D., Sharon, K., Zitrin, A., Acebron, A., Cerny, C., Cibirka, N., Strait, V., Paterno-Mahler, R., Mahler, G., Avila, R. J., Ogaz, S., Huang, K-H., Pelliccia, D., Stark, D. P., Mainali, R., Oesch, P. A., Trenti, M. & 37 others, Carrasco, D., Dawson, W. A., Rodney, S. A., Strolger, L., Riess, A. G., Jones, C., Frye, B. L., Czakon, N. G., Umetsu, K., Vulcani, B., Graur, O., Jha, S. W., Graham, M. L., Molino, A., Nonino, M., Hjorth, Jens, Selsing, J., Christensen, Lise Bech, Kikuchihara, S., Ouchi, M., Oguri, M., Welch, B., Lemaux, B. C., Andrade-Santos, F., Hoag, A. T., Johnson, T. L., Peterson, A., Past, M., Fox, C., Agulli, I., Livermore, R., Ryan, R. E., Lam, D., Sendra-Server, I., Toft, Sune, Lovisari, L. & Su, Y., 10 Oct 2019, In: Astrophysical Journal. 884, 1, 85.

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  23. Published

    FIGS: spectral fitting constraints on the star formation history of massive galaxies since the cosmic noon

    Ferreras, I., Pasquali, A., Pirzkal, N., Pharo, J., Malhotra, S., Rhoads, J., Hathi, N., Windhorst, R., Cimatti, A., Christensen, Lise Bech, Finkelstein, S. L., Grogin, N., Joshi, B., Kim, K., Koekemoer, A., O'Connell, R., Ostlin, G., Rothberg, B. & Ryan, R., 1 Jun 2019, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 486, 1, p. 1358-1376 19 p.

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  24. Published

    Gaia-assisted selection of a quasar reddened by dust in an extremely strong damped WLyman-alpha absorber at z=2.226

    Geier, S. J., Heintz, K. E., Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Ledoux, C., Christensen, Lise Bech, Jakobsson, P., Krogager, J. -., Milvang-Jensen, B., Moller, P. & Noterdaeme, P., 17 May 2019, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 625, 5 p., L9.

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  25. Published

    Linking gas and galaxies at high redshift: MUSE surveys the environments of six damped Ly alpha systems at z approximate to 3

    Mackenzie, R., Fumagalli, M., Theuns, T., Hatton, D. J., Garel, T., Cantalupo, S., Christensen, Lise Bech, Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, Kanekar, N., Moller, P., O'Meara, J., Prochaska, J. X., Rafelski, M., Shanks, T. & Trayford, J., 4 Jun 2019, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 487, 4, p. 5070-5096 27 p.

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  26. Published

    Emission-line Metallicities from the Faint Infrared Grism Survey and VLT/MUSE

    Pharo, J., Malhotra, S., Rhoads, J., Christensen, L., Finkelstein, S. L., Grogin, N., Harish, S., Jiang, T., Kim, K., Koekemoer, A., Pirzkal, N., Smith, M., Yang, H., Cimatti, A., Ferreras, I., Hathi, N., Hibon, P., Meurer, G., Oestlin, G., Pasquali, A. & 3 others, Ryan, R., Straughn, A. & Windhorst, R., 1 Apr 2019, In: Astrophysical Journal. 874, 2, 13 p., 125.

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  27. Published

    The nature of strong H I absorbers probed by cosmological simulations: Satellite accretion and outflows

    Rhodin, N. H. P., Agertz, O., Christensen, Lise Bech, Renaud, F. & Fynbo, Johan Peter Uldall, 1 Jan 2019, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 488, 3, p. 3634-3645 12 p.

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